The Beings of Consolation

Poems

by Jeffrey B. Holl


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 18/06/2010

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 148
ISBN : 9781452020617
Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 148
ISBN : 9781452020624

About the Book

The Beings of Consolation is a collection of poetic works that compel the reader to rely heavily on their own sense of the existentially absurd—with a tolerance for the ethos of the human artifice as it dwindles between subjective states of dismay and utter panic, objective misery and hopelessness, and a spiritual search for truth and beauty that toils within the mishaps of the distrust of authority and the sense of having to reform society's key institutions in order to arrive at any semblance of balance at the global level.

Jeffrey B. Holl is well-versed at thought and able to transform both personal experiences and the observance of others into self-portraits, community assertions, and a collection of poetic characterizations where the protagonists are all faced with the innumerable dynamics of the human condition—throughout relations with others on the level of a psycho-spiritual inter-subjectivity, and also as pertains to a geopolitical perspective of what may be going on within the psyches of the several figures portrayed throughout many of these works.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but it is most commonly found in the consciousness of the individual that finds illumination—the mind's eye—to act as the catalyst for social change; and to perhaps harness compassion for the less fortunate, and the survivors of the injustices that linger deep within our societal framework to this day.

In the end, these works suggest that it is possible to act with moral agency while spiritual beliefs remain intact, but that administrative and corporate power should be reformed in an effort to give people the self-empowerment and spiritual enlightenment that they so desperately deserve.

 

Jeffrey lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada.


About the Author

Jeffrey B. Holl's poetic explorations give both qualitative and quantitative perspectives on human experience—with a proclivity for the enhancements that perception has to offer; and a keen sense of the world as we know it throughout our senses.

While never too quick to pass judgment on others, and always a receptacle to the conditions that define the circumstances in other people's lives, Jeffrey writes with a technical prowess and insight that dutifully secure the reader's attention; and, with much perseverance will ultimately capture it indefinitely.

With a firm grasp of philosophical literature under his belt, Jeffrey strives to compel individuals to push the envelope of their psyches and further their own sense of the will—such as would render reality itself a mere spectator to the human experience—developed throughout language of its art and craft.

A voracious reader himself, Jeffrey embraces the muse by writing poems that chisel and sculpt human endeavor with a certain linguistic virtuosity that make one contemplate for hours after having encountered this particular use of language—defying the relevance of human undertaking so as to suggest that words and art have much more potency than action—to those that believe that becoming actualized of one's own ideation is the most powerful form of reality that we have to offer in this patently deceptive world.

Jeffrey's gift lies in his uncanny ability to unify a sense of knowledge with a sense of the unknown—thereby creating a sense of uncertainty within the reader that can only be resolved within the paradox of their own existence; as it struggles between the impoverishment of human frailty and the opulence of blessings and desires.